Jiang Xue was written by Liu Zongyuan, a poet in the Tang Dynasty.
The original text is as follows:
There are no birds flying over those mountains, and there are no traces of people in those paths.
A boat on the river, a fisherman wearing his webworm moth; Fishing alone is not afraid of snow and ice.
The translation is as follows:
Birds fly out of sight in the mountains, and no one can be seen on all the roads.
On a lonely boat on the river, an old man wearing a bamboo hat was fishing alone on the cold river.
Extended data:
works appreciation
In this poem, everything is snowy, the mountains are snowy, the roads are snowy, and "Qian Shan" and "Wanjing" are snowy, making birds fly away and people disappear. Even the awning and fisherman's hat are covered with snow. But the poet did not explicitly associate these scenes with "snow".
On the contrary, in this painting, there is only Jiang and only Rulu. Of course, the river will not store snow, and it will not be covered by snow. Even if it falls into the river, it will immediately become water. The poet only used the word "cold river snow" to connect the two images with the farthest relationship, giving people a vague, distant and narrow feeling and forming a long-distance lens.
This makes the main object described in the poem more concentrated, dexterous and prominent. Because even the river seems to be covered with snow, even the places where there is no snow are covered with snow, which completely describes the dense and thick snow and completely sets off the atmosphere of water and sky.
Creation background
Jiang Xue was written during Liu Zongyuan's exile in Yongzhou (805-8 15). During Yongzhen Yuan's reign (805), Liu Zongyuan participated in Yongzhen Reform initiated by Wang Group, and carried out political measures to restrain internal officials, control foreign countries and safeguard national unity. However, due to the joint opposition of reactionary forces, the reform soon failed. Liu Zongyuan was demoted to Yongzhou Sima and exiled for ten years. In fact, he lived a life of "prisoner" under control and house arrest.
The oppression of the sinister environment did not crush him. Being at a political disadvantage, he expressed the value and ideal interest of life through his poems. This poem is one of the masterpieces.
Brief introduction of the author
Liu Zongyuan (773-819) was born in Hedong (now Yuncheng, Shanxi) and was known as "Liu Hedong" in the world. In the ninth year of Zhenyuan (793), he was a scholar, and was awarded the orthography of Jixian Hall, transferred to Lantian Wei, and worshipped the imperial history. After the failure of "Yongzhen Innovation" due to his participation in Wang Group, he was demoted to Yongzhou Sima. Ten years later, he moved to Liuzhou for secretariat, so he was also called "Liu Liuzhou". Died of illness. Liu Zongyuan and Han Yu advocated the ancient prose movement and called it "Liu Han".
His poems and Wei's are called "Liu Wei". There is Liuhe East Collection.
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